AdamAnt316
Experienced Member
Hello everyone. I was at the famed MIT Swapfest this past weekend, hanging out with a friend who was set up to sell. On his table, he had an odd-looking power supply which caught my eye. It had a weird angular look to it, and further inspection revealed the "Sinclair" logo molded into the top. I asked him where he'd gotten it, and he had no idea, but gave it to me. Here are some photos of the power supply in question, including the bottom label and the weird three pin output connector:
The bottom label shown above includes the name "US 2000" along with the various voltage/current ratings, and trying to look for a "sinclair us 2000 power supply" on Google yielded nothing in the way of relevant results. More generic searching yielded this video discussing the various power supplies meant for use with the different versions of the Spectrum computer, with the supply I have visually resembling the one meant for the Sinclair 128K, though the output connector seems to be entirely different. To the best of my knowledge, the Spectrum wasn't directly sold in the US unless you count the ill-fated Timex-Sinclair 2068, and what few photos I've found of the power supply meant for that look nothing like what I've got, and apparently they used an entirely different type of power input than the regular Spectrums, employing a generic-looking 'DVE' supply outputting 15VDC through a barrel connector, and an internal circuit which did the rest. Here's a photo of one borrowed from the internet:
My question here is, exactly what might I have here? Am I mistaken, and was the Sinclair Spectrum sold on this side of the pond in something resembling its native-branded form? Could this have been meant for an intended launch of the later Spectrum models here in the US which never happened? Or could it have been meant for an entirely different application? Inquiring minds want to know...
-Adam
The bottom label shown above includes the name "US 2000" along with the various voltage/current ratings, and trying to look for a "sinclair us 2000 power supply" on Google yielded nothing in the way of relevant results. More generic searching yielded this video discussing the various power supplies meant for use with the different versions of the Spectrum computer, with the supply I have visually resembling the one meant for the Sinclair 128K, though the output connector seems to be entirely different. To the best of my knowledge, the Spectrum wasn't directly sold in the US unless you count the ill-fated Timex-Sinclair 2068, and what few photos I've found of the power supply meant for that look nothing like what I've got, and apparently they used an entirely different type of power input than the regular Spectrums, employing a generic-looking 'DVE' supply outputting 15VDC through a barrel connector, and an internal circuit which did the rest. Here's a photo of one borrowed from the internet:
My question here is, exactly what might I have here? Am I mistaken, and was the Sinclair Spectrum sold on this side of the pond in something resembling its native-branded form? Could this have been meant for an intended launch of the later Spectrum models here in the US which never happened? Or could it have been meant for an entirely different application? Inquiring minds want to know...
-Adam
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